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Location: Hugo, MN | Not to expose any secret building techniques, but how, in general, are swimbait weighted? More weight in head or tail? Obviously it should be weighted to sink slowly, but does the weighting have much to do with the swimming motion? Or does the shape of the lure and the point of line attachment have more to do with it? Thanks for anything that might shorten my learning curve. I Unfortunately don't have any open water near my house, so I don't have a place to experiment. |
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Location: Hugo, MN | Maybe I should have been more specific. I was refering to the hard bodied swimbaits that I've seen a few of on the board lately. I'm just in the process of weighting one that I hand carved, and I'd hate to get it finished and find out it's a paper weight. Any general info would suffice. |
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Location: Oregon | Keep most of it in the head, less or none at all toward the tail.
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How are the v shaped cuts made for the joints. I have tried everything from a band saw to a router bit but can't seem to get anything to work. Please help!!
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Location: Land of the Musky | I weight with all hooks on and get it to sink evenly down then add just a touch more to the front. I like the ones that go down about 1-3 inches per second. Hard to get it right until you know the effects of your clear coat on the buoyancy. Fun to do! Search these threads and you will find a lot of pictures on the subject too.
James
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Location: Hugo, MN | Riverman- Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know. That's actually what I figured, heavier head with the body kind of going along for the ride. If I can get the hinges beefed up to my satisfaction it will be ready for paint as soon as it warms up enough to spray. Wish I had heat in my garage. I'll post pics if it turns out OK. |
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